The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - An affair of the heart (WIP) (Ch 6.1: 31 jan 2025)

I stanned her since the moment she invited herself along to the ball. :sunglasses:

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:joy::relieved::ok_hand: She’s very resourceful when she wants to be.

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W POV — finished — now live!:sparkles:

The Patreon link in my last paid post is now updated with the fixed pronouns!

:heart::heart::laughing: That was a lot—lesson learnt, write POVs with mc as (you)


This 6.1 content update comes with a bunch more words and:

  • More H scenes and choices!
  • Ro reflections in the carriage! (for everyone not there!)
  • And, of course, W pov (interactable)!

But, if you’re in a hurry, here’s a more easily read W pov version, with one random road taken—

Patreon link!

Sneak peek:

Watson had seen the detective walk down these same stairs in many disguises, on many different days, in many different manners of dress.

And yet, nothing had prepared them.

Nothing could prepare them.

Not for this.

Not for you.

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I hope you will update the demo link.

I’m a little confused. The demo links are updated to send to itch, with a public 6.1 chapter-long demo.

Have I missed to swap out any of the links? :thinking:

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It may be that your post about choosing itchio over COGdemos was missed. In terms of what I know, some web regions block domains like itchio, and others just don’t like the idea of visiting a site they might not have before. I know that your chosen site is fine, and it works well enough for me, but a few others might wish for a more minimal hosting site like cogdemos for its familiar similarities to dashingdon. I don’t believe one to be more demanding than the other, device-wise, though. :person_shrugging:

There is also the possibility that you might have missed one, or more of the “bonus extras” when bringing stuff over, but those are the only other things I could think of. :sweat_smile:

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Oh, sorry, I didn’t saw that you updated the link. I have like 40 more pages open on my phone with all demos that I liked, that are now all dead since dashingdon was closed.
Since I started checking the pages yesterday I thought they had closed the servers yesterday.

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No problem :heart:

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I can’t save my games. Every time I try to save nothing ever pops up :sob:

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I’ve heard this happen before, but so far, we have been able to fix it—
A few things we can try:

  • Change browser settings (usually, if your tracking/cookie settings are set to strict or private, it won’t work.)
  • Sometimes the save system needs to simply restart the page, or go to the next page after the save to pop up.
  • Try a different browser/internet connection/platform (phone vs laptop, etc) to see if that fixes it—so you can pinpoint what isn’t working.

Good luck, and please let me know if this works! :heart:

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W Pov public update to ch6.1 AND MORE!

CH 6.1 content update!

  • Interactive and decently sized Watson POV at the end of ch6.1 added :sparkling_heart:

  • Reflect on the ROs not in the carriage (Lestrade and more) :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

  • New H choicesđŸŒč

  • Fixes and more! :sparkles:

  • Ability to see code (click on stat menu and see a new button appear!) :relieved_face:

If y’all have any other things you’d like to see added to the code, let me know <3

  • love y’all!

Doriana

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Someone asked me this on tumblr, and I thought maybe I should ask here too, as y’all play a lot of IFs and might have more takes, cause I’m still debating—

Dori I have to know, will we be able to dance with everyone or will we have to choose only one person to dance with?

And then I said

Honestly, I can’t decide :thinking:

  1. Should you be able to do everything in the two acts of the ball,
  2. only some (but maybe all Romance moments if you prioritise them),
  3. or specifically not all romance scenes in one play through?

:thinking:
I don’t know.

The carriage scene in ch2 has some of this. And you can sort of strategise to get more or less scenes. And it adds to replay. And might be less overwhelming in a way on replays. Buuut it’s less ideal of an experience for many.

I don’t know. Gimme y’all’s takes, pros and cons, and I’ll think on it :smiling_face:


// I have some ideas what the next ones could be, but I am quite new to doing RO POV so I am easily a little hesitant to em.

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Personally, I am a fan of being able to do everything

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A bug

In the Watson POV:

A knight, as he was, in an expensive, well cut style that brough him out in bold blue and gleaming gold.

I was a prince, not a knight.

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I think option 3 is the best, specifically not all romance scenes.

I think that getting to run around and do all the romance stuff leans a little too far towards no-consequences wish-fulfillment, and I think there could be some fun drama with “so where were you, why didn’t you dance with me at the ball?” kinds of scenes.

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Counterpoint: the fun drama and consequences of MC dancing with more than one RO and the ROs seeing it.

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I don’t think the MC should be able to do everything, but if they want to prioritize the ROs at the expense of the case, I say let them.

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Ah, I think that’s Watson’s outfit! :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

:laughing: “Sry, I had to prioritize. You were number four
”

I do love that
 :face_with_monocle: :heart:

It would be kinda funny to lose the game cause you were dancing the night away
 :laughing:


Maybe I should make a poll about this


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I mean, the rest of the description was clearly Sherlock’s, so if it was about two different outfits that wasn’t clear.

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Ok, looking at the code, we are talking about MC, but
 I can’t see how you got the knight line if you chose the prince one.

It should only happen if:
((GalahadStyle) or (Knightstyle))
:thinking:

I’ll keep it in mind and see if anyone else has this issue, but it is confusing me terribly at the moment.

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